hammered

American  

[ham-erd] / ˈhæm ərd /

adjective

1. shaped, formed, or ornamented by a metalworker's hammer.

   a hammered bowl of brass; hammered gold.

2. Slang. extremely intoxicated from alcoholic liquor or a drug.

   On the weekends we usually get hammered.

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Other Word Forms

• unhammered adjective
• well-hammered adjective

Etymology

Origin of hammered

First recorded in 1515–25; hammer + -ed ²

Example Sentences

UCLA’s limitations were on full, frustrating display once more against the Buckeyes as it got hammered on the boards and gave up too many big runs in having its two-game winning streak snapped.

From Los Angeles Times

English champions Bath hammered Edinburgh 63-10 on Friday and the Scottish club are waiting for the result at Kingsholm to see if they advance.

From Barron's

I thought back on the part I played in the fortune-teller case, as the book peddler in the Maroney adventure, and as the haunting, hammered bank teller in the Drysdale affair.

From Literature

The offensive started a few days before Kagame and Tshisekedi flew to Washington to ratify the agreement first hammered out in June.

From BBC

Bar dragging in rookies from the England Lions - who are getting hammered by Australia A - England will have to rely on this group of players to salvage something from the tour.

From BBC